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‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp
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Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp

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As OpenAI model cracks Millennium Prize Problem that puzzled experts for decades, many feel shocked at pace of change It was a week that left mathematicians reeling. Hot on the heels of a flurry of cases of artificial intelligence furthering the field , OpenAI declared a major scalp: its latest AI model had cracked a Millennium Prize Problem, a puzzle with a $1m reward that had defied human brains for decades. The achievement bore little resemblance to how mathematical problems normally fall. A near-trillion dollar private company had unleashed 10,000 agents – AI systems that carry out tasks autonomously – on the problem. The bill was estimated at $15m. Continue reading...

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